Chapter Twenty-Six: A Visit from a Distinguished Guest
The late autumn dusk always comes too quickly, and before the water vapor evaporated by the sunlight on the mountains dissipates, the sun sets into the western mountains.
Seeing that another boring day was slowly passing, Liu Fan and Dong Zi patted the ashes on their bodies, and as soon as they went in and finished the night dinner brought by the guards, they heard the guards report that there were guests visiting, and hurriedly got up to greet them.
I saw that the three of them had already walked to the center of the courtyard, and the first person was dressed in a slender green robe, with a handsome face, but there was a little more murderous aura in the gentle and elegant.
The two in the back are dressed as scholars, with gold ornaments inlaid on their heads, jade pendants tied around the waist of cheongsams of different colors, and low-waisted cowhide soft boots with unique shapes.
The person in front, Liu Fan, was familiar, and he recognized it as Li Min, the commander of the A Brigade of the Shenwu Army, and the one in the back looked younger, and his face was still a little baby fat.
Liu Fan suddenly felt that his heartbeat was a little faster, how did this look a little similar to Qin Yan, the object of his college days, I remember Qin Yan whom Liu Fan met when he went to play football at the School of Literature in his freshman year.
Liu Fanren is tall and big, and he is even better at football, and he was selected to join the departmental football team as soon as he entered the university, and it didn't take long for him to become the main center.
That time, Qin Yan's department team in the College of Liberal Arts was directly kicked to nine to one, and there was no way to fight back.
At halftime, the three girls of the student union of the other department sent drinks, including Qin Yan, Liu Fan felt that this girl looked calm and beautiful the moment he saw Qin Yan, after the game, the two teams took a group photo together, only then someone joked, take a photo with the beauties of the student union of your department, and then a group of players took a photo with the three girls, Liu Fan was fortunate to also take a photo with Qin Yan.
A few days after the ball game, Liu Fan cheekily wrote several enthusiastic letters to Qin Yan in a row, and the relationship was slowly determined.
In the four years of college, both sides cherished each other very much, but in the end, due to family interference, Qin Yan went abroad to study, and Liu Fan could only return to the provincial capital for employment, although the two rarely contacted each other after work, and later received a message from Qin Yan, "I said that I have obtained a visa from the Eagle Country and established a relationship with a male student at the same level, and I can only get together in the next life if I have no chance in this life." ”
In the following month, Liu Fan got drunk every day, in order to relieve the helplessness in his heart, although he slowly got better, but after that, Liu Fan didn't seem to have any other thoughts, and he never pretended to other girls.
Liu Fan and Dong Zi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said: "Your guests are coming, you are not welcomed, please bear with me, please take a seat!" ”
After speaking, he respectfully welcomed the three into the main hall.
Waiting for the guards to serve tea, Liu Fan and Dong Zi sat down with the next head, and before they could speak, they only heard the man above say solemnly: "In mid-August, I missed Gui Kunzhong, and I heard that Liu Lu has thousands of hills and valleys in his chest, and he has the skill of binding the tiger. ”
After speaking, he raised his hand to Liu Fan and Dong Zi, and after listening to what the other party said, Liu Fan was stunned, turned his head to look, and saw that Dong Zi looked even more stupid.
Li Mingang took a sip of tea, and when he saw Liu Fan and Dong Zi, one was stunned, the other was stupid, and he laughed out loud and said: "Brother, what are you doing, why are you chewing words, do you think that there are two weak and talented men sitting opposite!" ”
While talking, I thought that in addition to myself, the remaining four people were not familiar with each other, and I forgot to introduce them, so I immediately continued: "I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce you, I must have guessed that this is my brother Li Shouyi, is this, Liu Fan, I once told you, see if you can remember." As he spoke, he winked at Liu Fan.
The little girl next to her said in a gentle voice, "Sister Min, have you ever talked about me?" Why didn't you tell me just now? As he spoke, he stood up and saluted: "Little girl, my name is Ling Han, my father came back from Ganzhou, and I have always praised General Liu. ”
After listening to the introduction of the two, Liu Fan glanced at Dong Zi, stood up together and saluted Guo Shouyi again: "I have seen Li Sima under my post, but I don't know that the general is coming to the cold house, how rude it is, please forgive me." ”
After finishing, he saluted the girl named Ling Han and said, "I've seen Miss Guo." ”
Liu Fan had already remembered what Li Min had said at this time, and knew that this was Guo Linghan, the only daughter of Commander-in-Chief Guo.
I only heard Li Shouyi laugh and said: "Don't be so polite, you and I are close in age, and we are both in the army, although we have never met before, but I have heard a lot about what you have done, and the sister and Uncle Chen both respect you, the days of our relationship have just begun, I hope that in the future, I will not be burdened by these red tape, what does Brigade Commander Xiao Liu think?" ”
Liu Fan immediately replied: "That's right, General Li, you have also seen it, compared to the three beautiful sons, I can only say that I look like a person, to put it bluntly, my two brothers are just a rude and reckless man who only knows how to fight, it was Uncle Chen and Li Lvshuai who exalted me." ”
As soon as he heard his words, Li Shouyi laughed again, and even Li Min and Ling Han next to him couldn't help laughing when they heard Liu Fan's derogatory treatment of him.
Li Min said casually: "Where did you see that the three people sitting in front of you are Pianpian Jiagongzi?" ”
"Oh, Li Lvshuai, forgive me for being clumsy, just now I saw that the two of them were dressed as scholars, and I thought that the three of them were all personable sons, I still thought, fortunately, it is dusk, there are few pedestrians on the road, and the line of sight is blocked, otherwise the girls in Liangzhou City will come to see the three of you even if they squeeze their heads!"
Li Shouyi was amused by Liu Fan's words again, and even Li Min and the girl named Ling Han next to him suddenly couldn't keep their reserved appearance and trembled.
Li Min smiled and said to Li Shouyi: "Brother, don't be deceived by this person's straightforward appearance, this person seems to be honest, but in fact, he is clever and has a lot of twists and turns in his heart." ”
After laughing for a while, Li Shouyi said: "I really didn't expect that Brigade Commander Xiao Liu not only has a lot of hills and valleys in his chest, but also is so humorous and funny, and it really feels like a spring breeze to interact with you." ”
"Let's not talk about these for now, let's talk about some serious things, today to put it bluntly, I was commissioned by the camp to see the situation of Brigade Commander Xiao Liu's injury recovery, I don't know how it is now, is the injury well? I still have some saffron there, that thing is the most blood-invigorating and stasis-relieving thing, and I'll have someone send it to you when I get back. ”
"Let Xingying and General Li bother, Doctor Ye's medical skills are really good, at present, the injuries on Dong Zi and I have healed, I think we will leave the post house and go back to the barracks in a few days."
"Oh, that's really gratifying, in fact, when the headquarters of the Right Route Army just withdrew to Liangzhou, seeing that your high fever did not go away, Uncle Guo, General Wang Kai, General Zhang Zhen and many other people were very worried about your situation, even the sister of the house also talked about your injury from time to time, now it's okay, we are relieved."
"Brother, what are you talking about, when did I talk about it?" Liu Fan glanced at Li Min's face and turned slightly red.
"Oh, yes, yes, yes, I was wrong."
Li Shouyi also felt that there was something wrong with what he said for a while, but at this time, he couldn't take it back, so he had to immediately change the topic and said: "In addition, General Zhang Zhen pulled you to Liangzhou for treatment and recuperation, although Doctor Ye's medical skills are good, but if you are not familiar with life here, there must be many inconveniences in all aspects, if you need help, please don't be polite, whether it is a big or small matter, I am willing to do something for Brigade Commander Xiao Liu on behalf of the camp or on behalf of me personally." ”
Liu Fan thought for a while and said: "It's really a little trivial, I have entrusted General Wang Kai to help yesterday, but it is a little difficult for General Wang Kai to think about this, but for the three of them, it is just a gesture." ”
Seeing the serious looks of the three people on the other side after listening to his words, Liu Fan continued: "That's the case, living in this old post house, the food, clothing, housing and transportation are arranged very thoughtfully, I don't need to worry about it at all, I just want to ask General Li to find me a few books, so that I can relieve the long boring time during the recuperation period." ”
Li Shouyi immediately said: "I didn't expect General Liu to be literate, tell me what kind of books you want?" ”
"When I was a child, my family was poor, and my uncle only let my younger brother and I go to private school for a few years, so I could understand some of the usual books. I would like to ask General Li to help me find some books on the history of the previous dynasties and the Great Qi Dynasty, and to see if I can find some books on salt making and winemaking. Liu Fan said.
"Oh, this is really not simple, Brigade Commander Xiao Liu also has research on the way of things?"
"I know a little bit about it."
After listening to Liu Fan's words, not only did Li Min look surprised, but Ling Han's big eyes also showed a hint of inquiry.
Li Shouyi looked at the expressions of several people, and said to Liu Fan: "I think Han'er is more willing to solve problems for you, but if you want Han'er's sister to be willing to help you, you must also satisfy Han'er's curiosity." You must know that although Han'er is not very old, by chance, he studied under the hermit Su Hongyu, which is rare in the world, and arithmetic is even more difficult to meet opponents. Let's see if you can answer Han'er's sister's question, and let us admire your talents. ”
Liu Fan lowered his head and thought about it: "This study of things is too extensive, from astronomy, down to geography, three teachings and nine streams, and kitsch and obscenity, who knows what you are asking, arithmetic is more specialized, thinking of himself as a science man from a famous university, he will not be asked." ”
I had to hesitate to hug my fist at Ling Han, who had been sitting quietly next to me, and said: "I accidentally said the wrong thing again, if Miss Ling Han has a problem with arithmetic, I might as well try my best, but if I can't answer, please forgive Miss Ling Han." ”
After listening to Liu Fan's words, Ling Han stood up and saluted Liu Fan, and said softly: "Brigade Commander Liu, I know that there are many gentlemen in this world who study the study of the world and the way of Confucius and Mencius, but they rarely dabble in arithmetic and physical science, so that it is difficult to find people with the same interests, I am not competitive, but the master has been traveling for many years and has not returned, and there is a problem in my heart that is always difficult to solve. ”
Liu Fan knew that he was in this situation, and he couldn't push it back, so he had to simply say: "Please Miss Ling Han to talk about the topic, I must know everything, and I will say everything!"